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PAGE TEN The OREGON STATESMAN, galeni, 7 Oregon; Tuesday Morning?, January 26, 1932 CECELIA E. HI DIES POD Crossed Plains in 1849 and Knew Many of Leading Oregon Citizens Important persons and events fcf American history re recalled by the passing on Sunday, Jan uary 24. ot lis Cecilia Elizabeth Watson, aged 83, at the Apple gate home, 1623 Cbemeketa street where she lired with her nieces. Miss Lillian and Miss Fearl Ap plegate. -There are two other nieces, Mrs. Cyrus B. Woodworth of Portland and Mrs. Hallle .Wat son Millsap ot Mill City, and four nephews, Ralph Watson, long on the staff of the Portland Journal, Warren O. Applegate ot Klamath county, Glen Applegate of Rose Yille. CaL, and Arthur M. Watson of Portland. . The funeral Is to be Wednes day, Jan. 27, at the Rigdon par lors, ReT. D. J. Howe ot the First Christian church officiating. Miss Watson was a member of that church. . Miss Watson, daughter of San ford and Mary Elder Watson, was born In Springfield, I1L, Not. 25, 1848, .and crossed the plains to Oregon with her parents in 1849, spending her early youth on the old -donation land homestead in Spring Valley, Polk county. Since 1881 her home has been in Sa lem. The historic Watson, Logan, Jaynes, Baker and Lincoln famil ies were close friends and neigh bors in Springfield, 111. Samuel Baker, brother ot Col. E. D. Ba ker, married Cecilia Elder, sister ot Mrs. Watson, the mother of the deceased. Miss Watson remembered well isltlng in the family of Col. E. D. Baker when they lived in Salem at the old "Beehive," that stood at , Capitol and Court streets where the Shell service station is now, at the time when Col. Baker was making his famous campaign in Oregon, that -resulted in the first republican party victories, in 1860 and his election to the U. S. sen ate. David Logan came to Oregon 1 the same wagon train with the Watsons. Abraham Lincoln was buried on the Watson estate in Illinois. So was the great Ameri can poet, Vachel Lindsay, who died December 5, 1931, at his home In Springfield. Vachel Llnd aay, great grandfather of Vachel Lindsay, the poet, was a brother of Rachel Lindsay, great grand mother of Lillian and Pearl Ap plegate of Salem. Their father was Jesse A., son of Lindsay Ap plegate, one of the three Apple gate brothers of the famous 1843 Applegate covered wagon train. Miss Watson was the last re maining member of her family who crossed the plains in 1849. There were four children of San ford and Marian Watson: Virginia (Applegates), Henry Harrison Watson, father of Ralph Watson, Sanford Jr., and Cecilia E. San ford, Jr., was for long years a prominent citizen of Salem. MIT1 IT WLLIETT E Examinations for over 600 stu dents of Willamette university were stated Monday morning at 1:45 and will continue each day until Friday noon. Chapel has been suspended dur ing this week and the students are giving all their attention to the tests. Registration for the next semester has also started this week and must be completed by Saturday. Already 18 applications for en trance next semester have been accepted and several more are ex petted to come from Salem high as soon as the mid-year semester grades are tabulated there. About naif of the entering students are men, states Registrar Tennent. No checkup has been made as to the number .of students who will not return next semester, but some will be forced to drop out because of financial reasons, it is understood. Society News and Club Aff airs 3 Olive M. Doak, Society Editor. State Convention Dates Are Set For May Viv 55 to 28 inclusive are the dates set for the state Federation of Woman's clubs of Oregon con vention to be held this year In Portland, according to the an nouncement made by Mrs. Charles N. Bilyeu, state president, Monday. Mm. -nr. n. Mlnsinrer. Portland. is program chairman; Mrs. W. W. Gabriel, president or tne poruana city federation, is general chair From now on headquarters of the state organization will be In the Hotel Muitnoman wnere com mittee meetlnrs and meetings with the president, will be in ses sion until the convention dates. Mm. Bllven also announces that the April number of the Oregon clubwomen will be an "an-ore-gon" number and, that It is hoped that all dnb women will see that this roes to manv in east in order to attract them to Oregon when them come to Seattle this June as delegates to the national con vention which is being held there June 9-18. A deliehtfnl nartv was given rcentlv hv Mrs. Louis Burgess honoring the fourth birthday of her daughter. Rose Marie, uames were enjoyed during the after noon, after which dainty refresh-; were served. Guests bidden for Rose Marie were Cleta Mae Ed wards, Genevieve Adams, Jimmie Apple, Jerry Apple, Junior Hill pot, Mrs. E. Apple and small daughter Elizabeth Ann, Mrs. RAna Kennedy and smau son, uer- ald, Rose Marie and Frank Bur gess and the hostess, Mrs. Bur gess. A union temnerance meeting was held at the Friends church In Marion Sunday. Mrs. Necia E. Buck ot Salem was speaker and a W. C. T. U. was organ ized. Officers elected were Mrs. Ethel Barber, president; Mrs. Cora Smith, secretary: Miss Mary xmier. treasurer. Their iirst meeting will be held Thursday, Feb. 4, at the home or tne presi dent. Th First Congregational church will have a pot-lock din ner at 6:30 o clock Wednesday night at the church and at this time all members of the church and parish are urged to be pres ent, for there will be Important rennrtd to he made from the fi nance and parish committees. The latter has an interesting piay 10 submit to the meeting. Mrs. Charles N. Bilyeu, state nresident of the Oregon State Federation of women's ciuds, win he a sneaker at the luncheon meeting of the Newberg Civic club February 5, and will again aa iirftsa the Forest Grove Woman's club February 22 at which time it is observing its tree planting program In honor or tne wasning ton bi-centennlal. Mr. and Mrs. George Rhoten will entertain with Mr. and Mrs. Gardner Knapp for members ot the Frldav Dinner club at the Rhoten horns this Friday night. Hollywood llmbn r tfe 'Same Over Bare' elnh their , regular meeting at the noma oi Mr. ana Mrs. w. w. Fisher. .Honor awards were re tained bv O. A. Tarnrj utd Mr. j. " J. Kleeman. Consolation awards went to J. 1. Kleem&n and Mrs. Forgard. , Members present were Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Forgard, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Fisher, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Ward. Mr. and Ifm t t Kleeman, Mrs. C. 8. Thomas, Miss Florence Kleeman, and Earl Thomas. . Mrs. nvmr talned for members of her bridge j club at her home Thursday after noon. Mrs. Max Rorera will h hostess In three weeks. Miss Ruth Marr to Wed Wednesday Miss Ruth Marr will leave Wed nesday in company of Miss Mabel Porter and Paul Fib by, for Med ford where shs will meet Edison Burges. Wednesday evening Miss Marr will become the bridge ot Mr. Burges. Friday the four young people will return to Salem, where the newlywed couple will make their boms at IIS Saginaw street. Sev eral pre-nuptial parties have been given for Miss Marr and there are several that are planned for her following her marriage. AumsTllls Mrs. Kittle Towle entertained members of the Aumsville Women's club at her country home north ot town Thursday afternoon. Time was spent In embroidering flower aunt blocks and conversation. A short business meeting was held. Mrs. Bess Ransom and Mrs. Gladys Claxton assisted Mrs. Towle during the luncheon hour. Mrs. Neal Wolf was a special guest for the afternoon. Club members present were Mrs. Kit tle Towle, Mrs. Irma Speer-. Mrs. Bess Ransom, Mrs. Ursula Pierce. Mrs. T. C. Mountain, Mrs. Jennie McClellan, Mrs. Margaret Martin, Mrs. Millie Martin, Mrs. Mary Highberger and small daughter, Virgeare, Mrs. Mary Heln, Mrs. Lntis Fusom "and grandson Doyle, and Mrs. Gladys Claxton. Word has come from Dr. and doctor ' has " been "commissioned lleutenant-c o mm a n d e r in the nary. Hs previously held the commission of lieutenant. Dr. and Mrs. Pomeroy, nee Leone Griffin, are stationed at Ports mouth, Vs. He Is the son ot C. T. Pomeroy. Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Hunt were hosts at their home on Frickey street recently in compliment to the birthday of Mr. Hunt. Pres ent were Mr. and Mrs. Schmitt, Ethel, Edna, and Mildred Schmitt; Mrs. Buxton, Mr. Miller, Mr. Thompson. Miss Hatten, Mr. Pierson, Miss Hansen, Mrs. Coo lidge. and Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Hunt. t Hubbard Mr. and Mrs. John Blosser and family were guests for. dinner Sunday night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Waldo Brown. Covers were placed for Mr. and Mrs. John Blosser, Miss Beryl Blosser, Jack, Barbara and June Blosser, Mr. and Mrs. Wal do Brown, Betty, Boyd and Wal Tea is Brilliant Affair The Enclnltis club was a charm ing tea hostess to members of the women's service clubs of Salem and to members of the T. W. C. A. executive staff members at the home ot Mrs. C. S. Hamilton Sun day afternoon. Green and silver, Enclnltis club colors, were used effectively through such attractive mediums as green tapers, silver candle sticks, and a large centerpiece on the tea table made up in exquisite spring flowers in which was used soft pastel shades' to harmonize with the silver and green color scheme. Soft lights from many floor lamps and lighted candles gave an added beauty to the guest rooms. Miss Mildred Judson received and Miss Alios Falk Introduced to the line. In which stood Miss Gertrude Chamberlain, Mrs. Helen Hamil ton, Miss Bessie Tucker, Miss An on a Welch and. Miss Lulu East- rlfige. were Mrs. Elizabeth Marcus, Mrs. William McGUchrist, Jr., Mrs.; Herbert Harland and Mrs. L. O. Clement. . j yi Assisting about the rooms were Mrs. C. S. Hamilton, Dr. Mary Purvlne, Miss Hazel Cook, -Miss Irene deLIstle, Miss Dorothy Franks. Miss Mabel Carrie, Miss Betty Elofsen, Miss Ruth Water man and Miss Mildred Wynkoop. Assisting In serving were Miss Jane Harland, Miss Muriel Rowe, Miss Marie Eggstaff, Miss Mar guerite Farmer, Miss Anna Peters, Miss Helen Richardson, Miss Es ther Hilmer, Miss Esther Rlchey and Miss Ruth Stover. Musical numbers were given by Katherine Scharf, Helen Purvlne, Margaret Purvlne, Gwenn Gallaher and Marie Lipphold. e e Scio The Bridge club was en tertained with a 1 o'clock lunch eon Friday at the home of Mrs. P. H. MacDonald. Daffodils and. freexles were used about the rooms. High score went to Mrs.' Percy Shrunk and second to Mrs. Penney Company Managers Claim Business Better An optimistic note was seen in business reports at the northwest convention in Portland last week of managers of over 200 J. C. Penney stores of the northwest, J. N. Chambers, local manager, says. During the first 10 days of January the national company's sales Increased 7 per cent over those ot the same period in 1931. Attending the convention, in ad dition to managers from Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana, were E. C. Sams, national presi dent; Lou V.. Day, first vice-presi dent. In charge of personnel, and W. A. Reynolds, second vice-president, in charge of sales. The fk&place they took is in the telephone Directory Friendships are kept Happily alive if you can be reached by telephone, . They die if you are hard to find. A telephone is "friendship insurance"--- : for only a few cents a day. 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